Movie Review: Bleed For This
This past Friday, I got the opportunity to see the new film, Bleed For This, starring Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart. Teller plays the brash and infamous boxer, Vinny " The Pazmanian Devil" Pazienza. In the mid to late 1980s, Pazienza was seen as a wild child of boxing, with his bravado in the ring and theatrics in interviews. However, his life would be forever changed, when he suffered a nearly fatal car accident, with a friend, after winning a welterweight title in 1988. Pazienza broke his neck and was nearly paralyzed. His boxing career was thought of to be extinct. Yet, Pazienza, would not give up his dreams that easily. Over the course of 6 months, and with trainer Kevin Rooney, ( Eckhart) who also trained Mike Tyson, they would train back home in Providence, Rhode Island. Though video recordings of his training, Pazienza was able to analyze his physical therapy and boxing technique. Once the media of wind of this, his career became resurrected. Though hard work and d